docs: def inflect(self, text):
          """
          Perform inflections in a string.
  
          e.g. inflect('The plural of cat is plural(cat)') returns
          'The plural of cat is cats'
  
          can use plural, plural_noun, plural_verb, plural_adj,
          singular_noun, a, an, no, ordinal, number_to_words,
          and prespart
  
          """
          save_persistent_count = self.persistent_count
  
          # Dictionary of allowed methods
          methods_dict = {
              "plural": self.plural,
              "plural_adj": self.plural_adj,
              "plural_noun": self.plural_noun,
              "plural_verb": self.plural_verb,
              "singular_noun": self.singular_noun,
              "a": self.a,
              "an": self.a,
              "no": self.no,
              "ordinal": self.ordinal,
              "number_to_words": self.number_to_words,
              "present_participle": self.present_participle,
              "num": self.num,
          }
  
          # Regular expression to find Python's function call syntax
          functions_re = re.compile(r"((\w+)\([^)]*\)*)", re.IGNORECASE)
          output = functions_re.sub(
              lambda mo: self._string_to_substitute(mo, methods_dict), text
          )
          self.persistent_count = save_persistent_count
          return output